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Bruce Douglas Reeves

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Family, writing, traveling, friends, enjoying the world while I'm here to enoy it, hopefully to leave something worthwhile behind: this is my life.

My novella, DELPHINE, published by Texas Review Press, won the Clay Reynolds Novella Competition. I've also published three novels (THE NIGHT ACTION, New American Library and Signet Books; MAN ON FIRE, Pyramid Books; and STREET SMARTS, Beaufort Books and Ace Books.) Recently, I’ve also completed a new novel and I always have several projects in progress.

My first novel, THE NIGHT ACTION, originally published in 1966, has been republished with a new cover and author introduction by Automat Press as an ebook, available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and other sources. It has been called the ...more

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Tigers, Termites, & a Boy Called Apu: Eastern India

One of the most exciting and enthralling trips that my wife, Sherrill, and I ever took was a month exploring Eastern India, especially the part called West Bengal, where we traveled with a small group of good friends to areas that almost never saw visitors from outside their little world.

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Published on November 04, 2018 13:32 • Tags: apu, bengal, calcutta, elephant, india, jungles, kolkata, movie, novels, satyajit-ray, short-stories, tigers, websites

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	The Night Action 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1966 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Street Smarts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delphine: A Novella 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man on Fire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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One of the greatest novels in the English language!
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